Xu Feng has cooperated with Chen Kaige as a producer, "Farewell My Concubine" is what she used to find Chen Kaige with a notebook, Chen Kaige began to dislike the script and was unwilling to shoot, under Xu Feng's repeated lobbying, Chen Kaige, who had been thinking about it for a year and a half, took over the filming of this movie.

However, after "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or, Chen Kaige completely ignored Xu Feng's persuasion and insisted on filming "Fengyue", and finally lost both box office reputations, and Xu Feng lost more than 30 million as a result. Xu Feng's husband Tang Jun did not agree with his wife's investment in Chen Kaige at the beginning of the year, and Xu Feng used the private money he saved when he was an actor. After the failure of "Fengyue", Xu Feng did not invest in the movie again, because she lost all her private money, and it was not until last year that Xu Feng, who had money in his hand, invested in "Beautiful Shanghai".

Xu Feng likes "The Aviator" very much, admires Zhang Ran very much, and thinks he is a particularly talented young man. Zhang Ran is only 27 years old, much younger than when Chen Kaige won the Palme d'Or, so she was worried that Zhang Ran would follow Chen Kaige's old path, but now when she heard him say this, she knew that she was too worried, this young man was very sober and did not get carried away by honor.

In his previous life, Zhang Ran experienced too many setbacks, but he never gave up his dream. He is very determined, he knows what he is pursuing, and although he is excited to win the Golden Lion Award, he will not get carried away and feel that Lao Tzu is the best in the world.

Zhang Ran knows that "The Aviator" can win the Golden Lion Award because of its unique film language and style, and the overall quality of the film may not be above "Vera Drake". Whether it is Mike Lee, the director of "Vera Drake", or Kim Ki-duk, the director of "Empty Room", they all have very mature personal styles, while Zhang Ran has just completed his transformation and has his own style, and the gap is not small. In fact, in the circle of movies, Mike Lee and Kim Ki-duk can only be regarded as second-rate directors, and they are still far from the masters, and Zhang Ran is even worse.

Zhang Ran knew that if he was satisfied with this, then his achievements would be like this. So after the excitement, he warned himself to work harder and keep breaking through himself, so that he could go further.

The 61st Venice Film Festival ended successfully with "The Aviator" winning the Golden Lion, although the entire organization of this film festival was chaotic, accidents were frequent, and even once praised by the media as a bad film festival, but several award-winning films led by "The Aviator" saved the reputation of this film festival and put everything back on track.

Of course, the Italian media is quite dissatisfied with the attribution of the film awards, and the Italian films of this film festival were all wiped out in the main competition unit, and they did not win a single award. Hence the criticism of Marc Müller in the Italian media. However, the media in other countries felt that the behavior of the Italian media was very ridiculous, and they all said cool words: "If the Golden Lion Award is really awarded to those two Italian films, I am afraid that the authority of the film festival will be seriously questioned, then this film festival will really become the worst film festival, Mark Müller's persistence saved himself and the reputation of the film festival!"

At the beginning of the year, Kim Ki-duk won the Best Director Award in Berlin, and Park Chan-wook won the Grand Jury Prize in Cannes in May. In addition, a number of works participated by Korean filmmakers appeared in various units, including Park Chan-wook's film "Three Watches 2", etc., so many Korean media claimed that this year was the year of Korean films.

However, after the announcement of the Golden Lion Awards, South Koreans did not mention the Korean film year anymore.

In June, "Time Warrior" set off a whirlwind around the world, with the global box office exceeding $500 million, and now "The Aviator" has won the Golden Lion Award in Venice, which is really a double harvest of box office awards. He shines like the sun, making Korean filmmakers look dull!

"Time Warrior" and "Aviator" witnessed the rise of Zhang Ran, making Zhang Ran one of the first-line directors in a very short period of time and becoming the hottest young director in the world!

Before the Venice Film Festival opened, no one expected Zhang Ran to be the final winner, and when Mark Mill announced that "The Aviator" was a surprise movie, many people were mocking Mark Mill, saying that he was capitulating to business and choosing a Chinese version of Hollywood director.

Empire magazine once scoffed: "Mark Muller's choice of 'The Aviator' as a surprise film is not a surprise for the Venice Film Festival, but a scare." Mark Mill not only chose two Hollywood assembly line works, but also chose a Chinese director from the Hollywood assembly line. Venice has lost its soul and surrendered to Hollywood!"

However, Zhang Ran gave the doubter a resounding slap in the face with facts, I am not afraid of anyone when I play business, and I am not afraid at all when I play art, and I have finished a perfect transformation. In the end, "The Aviator" became a blockbuster in Venice, won the Golden Lion Award and reached the top in Venice, and at the same time pushed Zhang Ran's directorial career to the peak!

Zhang Ran's winning of the Golden Lion Award caused a great shock not only in China, but also throughout East Asia. Chinese netizens are cheering for Zhang Ran's success; Japanese netizens lamenting that the essence of Akira Kurosawa has not been mastered by Japan, but has been mastered by Chinese; Korean netizens are analyzing whether Zhang Ran has Korean ancestry.

Zhang Ran did not stay in Venice for long, and took the plane back to China the next day.

Zhang Ran and they did not deliberately conceal their direct whereabouts, the domestic media had already received the news when the plane took off from Venice, so the plane landed in Beiping, and when they walked out of the airport exit, they were greeted by hundreds of reporters.

Of course, in addition to reporters, there are also many fans, and there are probably four or five hundred people as far as the eye can see. They held all kinds of support cards in their hands, as well as various posters, and judging from the support cards, most of them were supporters of Zhang Ran.

Reporters and fans had been waiting at the airport for hours when they saw Zhang Ran and them appear. The whole atmosphere of the scene was suddenly ignited, fans screamed wildly, reporters raised their cameras and pointed at Zhang Ran, they kept pressing the shutter, and the whole hall was illuminated, fortunately Zhang Ran and they were all wearing sunglasses, otherwise their eyes might be blinded.

The reporters gathered around, and in front of Zhang Ran was a circle of microphones and voice recorders: "Director Zhang, congratulations on winning the Golden Lion Award, do you have anything to say to domestic fans?"

"Director Zhang, the global box office of "Time and Space Warrior" has exceeded 500 million US dollars, have you considered a sequel?"

"Director Zhang, what are your plans next?"

Zhang Ran waved his hand to the fans with a smile, and then answered the reporter's question as he walked: "What do you say to the fans, thank you for your support." When "The Aviator" is released, please continue to support it! "Time and Space Warrior" should make a sequel, the script is in the pipeline, and the specific content is inconvenient to disclose. The next plan, nothing planned. In the next period of time, classes will be held at school, and our class is a senior in college, and we will rehearse a graduation play, and it may be performed at that time, so everyone is welcome to join ......."

After tossing for half an hour, Zhang Ran and the others finally passed through the layers of reporters and got into the nanny car driven by Rong Xinda. Zhang Ran, who was sitting in the car, lay directly on the seat, and had a feeling of escape.

Coming out of the airport, Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu took the car back home, rested a little, and quickly changed their clothes to prepare for the celebration banquet in the evening.

When Zhang Ran and Zhang Jing first came to the scene of the celebration banquet, the scene was already full of people. In addition to the leaders of Nortel, there were also the staff of Tiangong Chongcai, as well as friends such as Li Xiaowan and Chen Zhenghong, and of course, the members of the crew of "Aviator" basically arrived.

As the producer and director of the film, Zhang Ran was invited to speak on stage.

In the applause, Zhang Ran walked to the front desk, thanked the leaders and friends present, and thanked all the people who had congratulated "Aviator", and then raised his glass and said loudly: "In order to celebrate the Golden Lion Award for "Aviator", I also wish "Aviator" a good box office in China, cheers!"

"Cheers!" resounded in response.

The celebration banquet went on for a while, and Han Shanping pulled Zhang Ran aside and chatted with him alone.

Han Shanping held a wine glass and said in a low voice: "Zhang Ran, the box office of "Time and Space Warrior" is now 352 million, and there are still 7 million from the 359 million box office of "Titanic", and today "Ambush on All Sides" was officially released, and our filming is only 6%, and it will be released on the 15th, according to the current state, it will definitely not be able to break the record of "Titanic". ”

Zhang Ran felt that Han Shanping should have some idea when he said this, so he said, "What is Mr. Han's plan?"

Han Shanping said: "I think so, let's go out together, and let the box office of "Time and Space Warrior" exceed 360 million before the movie is released!"

Zhang Ran frowned slightly, isn't this buying the box office, shook his head and said: "Mr. Han, I don't agree, we can't do this!"

Han Shanping thought that Zhang Ran was unwilling to pay, and persuaded: "Now that "Time and Space Warrior" is only 7 million away from the record of "Titanic", there should be hundreds of thousands at the box office today, plus 2 million tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." It is enough for each of us to contribute 3 million. If "Time Warrior" can break this record, it will be a good thing for you and for Chinese films!"

"If you beat Hollywood movies by cheating, it is not the glory of Chinese films, but the shame of Chinese films. Box office records can be rewritten, but the shame caused by fraud can never be washed away! It doesn't matter if "Time Warrior" can't break the record of "Titanic". As long as Chinese filmmakers are not dead, this record will be broken by us one day!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Ran paused for a moment and said seriously: "Mr. Han, it is a very small thing for "Time and Space Warrior" to buy millions of box office, but there is no impermeable wall in the world. If we start this way, other companies will definitely learn from us. If it becomes the norm for movies to buy box office, it will be quite harmful. For a film market to develop healthily, it must be supported by accurate data from the film market. If the box office data is inaccurate, it will affect the judgment of investors and policymakers on the market, make people unable to see the entire market situation, and ultimately hurt the entire film industry. You really can't do this!"

Han Shanping was a little surprised, in his opinion, Zhang Ran is the most commercial of all directors in China, and he is also the best commercialized, and Zhang Ran will definitely support his own proposal. But he didn't expect Zhang Ran to object, and he said it so reasonably.

Now he suddenly realized that Zhang Ran was a very tough and proud person in his bones.

Han Shanping thought about Zhang Ran's words carefully, there is indeed some truth, this kind of thing of killing chickens for heating can't be done: "You're right. It's just that "Titanic" is a few million short now, so it's a pity that it falls short. Do you have any ideas?"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Leave everything to the audience!" (To be continued.) )